Security News Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

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There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple app makers market their software — sometimes referred to as stalkerware — to jealous partners who can use these apps to access their victims’ phones remotely.

Yet, despite how sensitive this data is, an increasing number of these companies are losing huge amounts of it.

According to TechCrunch’s tally, counting the latest data breach of SpyX, there have been at least 25 stalkerware companies since 2017 that are known to have been hacked or have leaked customers’ and victims’ data online. That’s not a typo: At least 25 stalkerware companies have either been hacked or had a significant data exposure in recent years. And four stalkerware companies were hacked multiple times.

Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps | TechCrunch

Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger.

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